#45A3E2#45A3E2

#45A3E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#45A3E2
RGBrgb(69, 163, 226)
HSLhsl(204, 73%, 58%)
HSVhsv(204, 69%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.12, -7.68, -39.86)
CIE-LCHlch(64.12, 40.59, 259.10°)
OKLaboklab(68.68% -0.061 -0.1125)
OKLCHoklch(68.68% 0.128 241.5)
XYZxyz(29.2736, 32.9474, 76.7535)
Luminance0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#45A3E2 #E28445
analogous
#45E2D2 #45A3E2 #4555E2
triadic
#45A3E2 #E245A3 #A3E245
tetradic
#45A3E2 #D245E2 #E28445 #55E245
square
#45A3E2 #D245E2 #E28445 #55E245
split-complementary
#45A3E2 #E24555 #E2D245
monochromatic
#176395 #2086CA #45A3E2 #7ABDEA #AFD7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#45A3E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59
#45A3E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45A3E2
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##45A3E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##45A3E21.002.777.597.59
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5921.001.001.00
##0000007.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A4E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7195E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #45a3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 241.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeeb',
    500: '#45a3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #45a3e2;
$custom-light: #8abeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#45a3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.076,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#45A3E2
secondary
#E1BBA2
accent
#8238F0
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#45A3E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva